QLDIn ForceAct
Guide, Hearing and Assistance Dogs Act 2009
sec.71Reviewed decision
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.71
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Guide, Hearing and Assistance Dogs Act 2009.
### sec.71 Reviewed decision
This section applies to an application under section 69 for review of a decision.
Unless the chief executive made the original decision personally, the chief executive must ensure an application about a decision of the chief executive is not dealt with by—
the person who made the original decision; or
a person in a less senior office than the person who made the original decision.
Within 28 days after receiving the application, the chief executive must review the original decision and make a decision (the reviewed decision )—
confirming the original decision; or
amending the original decision; or
substituting another decision for the original decision.
Immediately after deciding the application, the chief executive must give the interested person a notice complying with the QCAT Act , section 157 (2) for the decision.
If the chief executive does not decide the application within 28 days after receiving it, the chief executive is taken to have made a reviewed decision confirming the original decision.
s 71 amd 2009 No. 24 s 83 ; 2015 No. 21 s 33
(sec.71-ssec.1) This section applies to an application under section 69 for review of a decision.
(sec.71-ssec.2) Unless the chief executive made the original decision personally, the chief executive must ensure an application about a decision of the chief executive is not dealt with by— the person who made the original decision; or a person in a less senior office than the person who made the original decision.
(sec.71-ssec.3) Within 28 days after receiving the application, the chief executive must review the original decision and make a decision (the reviewed decision )— confirming the original decision; or amending the original decision; or substituting another decision for the original decision.
(sec.71-ssec.4) Immediately after deciding the application, the chief executive must give the interested person a notice complying with the QCAT Act , section 157 (2) for the decision.
(sec.71-ssec.5) If the chief executive does not decide the application within 28 days after receiving it, the chief executive is taken to have made a reviewed decision confirming the original decision.
- (a) the person who made the original decision; or
- (b) a person in a less senior office than the person who made the original decision.
- (a) confirming the original decision; or
- (b) amending the original decision; or
- (c) substituting another decision for the original decision.